North High School - Polaris Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Stcennit, Harm, Janet, SUM Home Economics THE present course in home economics offers two years of training in each of the two subjects generally known as cooking and sewing. The domestic art or sewing course consist of clothing construction together with the courses in design, textiles, and management, which form the real background for the clothing work. The first and second terms in sewing deal with fundamental principles of construction, selection of fabrics and the care, and cost of clothing and household textiles. In design, the emphasis is placed upon a study of line and color. In the third and fourth terms the art work is carried into the fields of dress design and home furnishing, and the construction work into advanced dressmaking and management problems. A girl may elect two or four terms of foods work. During the first term, the emphasis is placed upon food preparation, the object being to develop skill and to establish a general knowledge of standard products. Science work on the care and preservation of foods is carried along with the cooking lessons. The second term is devoted to meal planning and serving together with the necessary work in physiology and dietetics upon which an understanding of meal planning depends. The third and fourth terms arc devoted to more advanced work in food composition, preparation and serving; and the various phases of home management. A unit course, one semester, in cookery is offered to seniors who have no previous training in foods. -Emma. F. Siehl, Chairman. Ttecnty

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L'rrwi Row thorn, u ttu,n. Nagel, Street Lowca Row— Matt, Lethe. Math fen Mathematics THE mathematics department offers four years of work consisting of one year of general mathematics, one year of plane geometry, one year of advanced algebra, one semester of solid geometry, and one semester of trigonometry. It is thus possible for a student to acquire a complete college preparatory training in mathematics. The department owns a number of slide rules, an excellent transit, a sextant. steel tape, and other equipment which any of the teachers may use for class work. The students learn to make measurements a n d solve problems which might arise in engineering or building construction. The technical department offers a special course in geometry which gives preparation for advanced work in various kinds of engi- neering: civil, mechanical, electrical, and other similar courses. In the illustration below, one of the technical classes is shown in an actual out-of-door measurement problem. Since the course in general mathematics is required for college entrance, it is offered here for those students who did not complete it in junior high school. Miss Marti and Miss Thompson teach this subject. The classes in regular plane geometry are handled by Miss Weston, Mrs. Nagel, Mr. Street, Miss Marti, and Miss Hart; the technical classes in plane geometry by Mr. Brom and Miss Mad-igan. Mr. l eslie and Miss Hart teach higher algebra and trigonometry. Mr. Street has the solid geometry. —Mabel R. Hart, Chairman. Sinctccn

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 Physical Education E7 ROM the standpoint of physical cdu-cation, the most marked deficiency in the average high school youth is a lack of co-ordination. He is awkward and unable to time his actions to make the most of his strength when using his muscles. Work on apparatus in the gymnasium is given as a means of correcting this fault. Progress is generally rapid, except where even a reasonable amount of strength is lacking. In this case an attempt is made to build up arm and shoulder strength. To move the class as a unit, marching exercises are given; but this type of work is not overemphasized. In the fall and spring when the weather allows, all work is done outside. Then track and field events are encouraged along with use of footballs. —M. T. Kennedy. 'File girls' physical education department has used for several years the system of dividing classes into “A and “B” groups. The Advanced “A” and “B” classes are made up of juniors and seniors while the Elementary “A's“ and “BY are sophomores. Outstanding girls from the “A classes are formed into a special class where they receive more advanced work. Those who are medically excused report to the gym every day for a period of rest. All first semester sophomore girls take a series of food lectures besides their regular periods of gym. Developing and experimenting with silhouette posture pictures of the girls also aids in judging and r e m e d y i 11 g their needs more quickly. —Beatrice Berthold. Ttctnti Onr